Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay 2018 (Adelaide Hills)
Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay 2018 (Adelaide Hills)
Dozen Price: $563.88
RRP: $49.00
The 2018 M3 Chardonnay from Shaw + Smith is created with the aim for elegance, restraint and the ability to age. The acid is bright and there’s great generosity of flavour. Typically it shows white flowers, citrus, and nectarine notes.
Reviews
"Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay is a wine of note. It’s a wine with a view, as in we all have one of it. It’s come a long way over the years.
I like my flint and funk but when I first opened this it was alarming. It was a matchbox factory. Some chardonnays need a decant and a wait. Give this time and it shows both power and poise, its grapefruit, custard apple and stone fruit flavours woven expertly with cedar, oatmeal, almond milk and matches. It has a quartz-like aspect, a bristle to its brilliance. It’s narrow but it’s not lean; there’s more than enough power to its fruit. It should drink quite sensationally, from appropriate glassware, in another 2-4 years."
96 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, November 2019, Drink: 2021 - 2027
Wine Specifications
Wine Specifications
Variety: Chardonnay
Size: 750mL
Region: Adelaide Hills
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2018
Winery & Vintage Info
The Shaw + Smith winery was built in 2000, providing the ability to whole-bunch press chilled grapes for the first time, and underpinning the evolution of style from that first M3 Chardonnay vintage in 2000 through to the present day.
The most significant event since then came in 2012 with the purchase of the Lenswood vineyard. Chardonnay was originally planted in Lenswood for sparkling wine production but it now fulfils its potential for fine still wine, with finesse, flavour, and great natural acidity.
September’s start to the growing season was warmer than average leading to good canopy and fruit development. January rainfall provided relief from earlier warmer temperatures and was timely to aid fruit development through the ripening period, resulting in healthy fruit being harvested two weeks earlier than average.
Predominantly from our Lenswood Vineyard, at 455 – 500m elevation. Undulating with east and west facing aspects, the soils are brown loams over clay with broken shale on the ridges. The vineyard was planted in 1999.
Outstanding quality from a growing season that threatened, at times, to be tricky. After some heat in January, the moderate, dry and sunny months of February and March delivered beautifully balanced fruit. Crop levels were slightly below average, enhancing flavour and intensity. Winery Notes
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